Sleepy Sam. Here he is just now (yes, he's STILL asleep!!) in our bed (as usual). Last night wasn't good, he woke at 8:30 and would NOT go back to sleep so ended up coming to bed with us at 10pm! Of course as soon as he got in bed with us he falls asleep within half and hour!

He is doing really well with getting rid of bottles, I want him to have no more bottles after his 1st birthday for a number of reasons, but mainly because I don't want to be lugging bottles etc to Las Vegas next month...yes...Sam and I are going to be spending 2 weeks in Vegas doing some gambling ;-) and then a month later we're off to England for a month. I will be travelling on my own with Sam so I need to be as lightly packed as possible...that means NO bottles. So, he now has 1 bottle a day (at bedtime) all the rest of his milk/water intake is from a cup now! What a big boy!!

walking

So finally, a month after his 1st steps I managed to catch him on video doing some walking! He can walk much further than this now, but at least I am able to finally post a video of some steps!

He does seem like he is drunk while he walks haha...hopefully that weird wobbly walk wont last for long!

The naughtiness continues. It's exhausting! As well as climbing ON tables he can now get into his new toy box. I also caught him desperately trying to get onto the sofa yesterday! I need another set of eyes!

Naughty, naughty Samuel!!

Sam has now discovered the joys of climbing. He decided, this morning, that he would climb up onto the table to smack Daddy's laptop!! Now that he has done it once, it's all he wants to do!!

He has been VERY naughty the last couple of days and has been terrible with his sleeping (or lack of!) last night he was up to 11pm and amongst other things: pushed the Wii off of the TV stand, used the Wii sensor to smack the TV, opened the oven to pull out crusty burnt pieces and eat them! (yuck!!) and pull apart the fridge! This is all when Im trying my best to get things done, like wash bottles, empty the dishwasher etc etc I neeeeeed Bryan to be put onto day shift before I have some kind of mental breakdown haha!!

poot poot

Here is Sam in the car that Grandma Cindi got him for Christmas. He's a pro at going backwards, but hasn't quite mastered the going forwards thing yet!!

While he has no words yet, he is becoming quite the master at animal sounds. He can 'moo' like a cow, roar like a lion, hiss like a snake and make a noise like a monkey (its what we spend our days doing haha)

The sleeping issue is also generally improving, he slept for 10 hours in his cot- a definite first!! a very welcomed by Bryan and I. Just a few more like that and I may be able to make it through a day without constantly yawning!!

Bust some moves

He is Sam showing his best dance moves (note the pointy fingers haha). It doesn't quite capture how wonderful they really are, but you can get the gist. He LOVES any music, the CD playing is a mix of Nursery Rhymes that he got for Christmas.

Its back down to Earth with a bump for Sam and I. Suddenly the house seems so quiet, since my mum, Steve and Harriet went back home things have been very different for little Sam. He has no one to play with while I do things like make dinner, wash bottles or express breast milk (yes...Im STILL doing it!!! haha) and this has made him quite frustrated. All day long today when ever I have tried to do anything he has been whiny and has taken to hanging onto my leg! Anyway, im sure he'll get back in the swing of mummy being his only entertainer soon!!

Here he is at dinner time today having his 1st drink from a 'real' cup. He managed it really well. Yes, he got a little wet down the front, but generally he did very well and some definitely went 'down' I had to include the second one as it shows his lovely chubby legs ♥

so much news

Wow! It was almost impossible to pick some photos to go on here. We've been SO busy. I have been too busy to update the blog but I am going to try now! We've been to Toombstone (twice) The Grand Canyon (see below) to malls and parks and San Xavier Mission Church (that's where the photo above was taken and also where Sam decided to take his 1st steps!!!) We went to Sabino Canyon (beautiful) and Reid Park zoo, the botanical gardens and Mt Lemmon, Colossal Caves and Trail Dust Town. We ate at SO many restaurants and saw so many sights.

Sam has been such a wonderful, happy little boy on all of our trips. He has put up with below freezing temps and a warm 75degrees. He has not grumbled when being wheeled around shops and sat quietly in restaurant high chairs. I couldn't ask for a more co-operative, adaptable baby.

As I said Nana, Steve and Harriet were able to witness his real 1st steps which was lovely for them. They also got to see 1st hand Sams insatiable appetite, for a child under 1 he eats more than you could imagine. Last night it was 3 fish fingers, 1 baked potato (yes...a WHOLE one -minus the skin) and some veggies. He then had some rice pudding for dessert!!! Just 1 and a half hours later he had 4.5oz of breastmilk! He is over 24lbs now and LOVES his food!!

The pictures below shows Sam on his very 1st Christmas day. He was very spoiled and got lots of new toys.